- To provide a forum that promotes the development of higher education in the Middle East and Africa in the global context and that stimulates international partnership.
- To support the processes of institutional evaluation and upgrading that will lead to greater worldwide recognition of Middle East and African universities.
Middle East and African higher education institutions are steadily developing international linkages and recruiting more international students. Many now send delegates to the main international education conferences - NAFSA in USA and EAIE in Europe. Academics and administrators are now seeking a regional forum for exchange of knowledge and opinion in their professional sectors, one that will address the key issues and challenges that are specific to their international development.
A major area concerns the evaluation of Middle East and African universities in a regional and global context, which is widely sought, and a forum for discussion of the issues involved will create much interest.
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